Att9-4_Wave 4 Mailing Follow-up letter

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Dear Diet and Health Study Participant:
It is now almost 12 years since you responded to the first National Institutes of Health
(NIH)-AARP Diet and Health Study questionnaire and I thank you for your participation
in the study. Your response and those of over 500,000 other AARP members have
made this the largest study of diet and health every conducted! Based on the
information you and your fellow cohort members contributed, we will be able to provide
the public with valuable information on the health effects of diet and other lifestyle
factors.
Over two months ago we first sent you a letter containing this 2-page questionnaire
asking you to provide information on a few of your lifestyle factors as well as your health
status. We have sent you two reminders since that time with the hope you would be
able to complete it. If you have not been able to complete the questionnaire yet, we ask
you to take about four minutes to do so now. You may return the questionnaire in the
enclosed postage-paid envelope. Your ongoing participation in this study is very
important in order to understand more about cancer and other health conditions over
time.
Please be assured that your response will be held in strictest professional confidence;
names and other identifiers will be separated from information provided and will not
appear in any report of the study. All reported results will be summaries of the data,
and no individual data will be reported. We would like to remind you that your
participation in this study is voluntary. Be assured that there will be no consequences to
you if you decide not to respond.
You may also find additional information about this study, including new discoveries and
current research projects, at our website: www.dietandhealth.cancer.gov.
Through the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, we are beginning to learn more about
the prevention of cancer and other chronic illnesses. I am very grateful for your critical
contribution toward this important goal.
Sincerely,

Arthur Schatzkin, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Study Director, NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study